Josh Hawley

I came to this floor 3 weeks ago to talk about the U.S. Supreme Court. I come today to revise and extend my remarks. There are now five Republican-appointed Justices on the Court. Actually, Republicans have appointed 11 out of the last 15…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unanimous Consent Request--Amendment No. 2352

I ask unanimous consent to add my amendment No. 2352 to the list of amendments to be voted on under the previous agreement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

3 weeks ago, my colleagues across the aisle tried to pull a fast one on the American people. Behind closed doors, with no public hearings and no public debate, they decided that some of the names of our Nation's military bases must be…

I ask unanimous consent that the Lankford amendment at the desk be agreed to and the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No…

this is a good moment for the Senate. I think this is a moment when we have been able to come together to speak with one voice and to send a clear message to Beijing that its attempts to steamroll and destroy the liberties of the people of…

I will. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there an objection to the request as modified? Without objection, it is so ordered. There being no objection, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged, and the Senate proceeded…

a week ago, I stood in this Chamber and spoke about the death of democracy. I spoke about how free people are slowly losing their basic liberties right in front of our eyes. I spoke about how deeply oppressive regimes are defiling laws and…

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 2163), as amended, was passed, as follows S. 2163 Be it enacted by the Senate and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further consideration of S. 2163 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

reserving the right to object, I would just like to observe that it was just over 20 years ago that this Chamber and the analog Chamber across the way in the House of Representatives passed almost unanimously a statute called the Religious…

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for her tremendous work on this issue. I thank her for her leadership and for her strong stance in favor of the people of Hong Kong and their basic liberties, guaranteed to them by the international…

as if in legislative session, I now ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 596. I further ask unanimous consent that the resolution be…

I am here today to talk about the death of democracy, and I am here today to talk about how we can stand with those who are fighting to preserve it. In the United States, the death of democracy might seem like a distant and unfamiliar…

I rise today to offer a few thoughts about the Bostock case handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday. I have it here. I have now had a chance to read the case, the decision by the majority of the Court, and the two dissenting opinions. I…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Blackburn). Without objection, it is so ordered. Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia

we have a lot of problems in America today--a pandemic, a recession, a surge of violence in our major cities drowning out a nationwide call for justice and hope. We have work to do in this body and this city to solve these problems and to…

it was 1 week ago today that George Floyd died in the streets of Minneapolis at the hands of Minneapolis police officers exercising and employing incredible, illegal, unconstitutional violence ending in the loss of Mr. Floyd's life. This…

we have come to the middle hour of our struggle against this epidemic, against a disease unleashed on the world by the failures and falsehoods of a government in Beijing. This epidemic has brought devastation in its wake--lost jobs, lost…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Without objection, it is so ordered.

If I could just add a word about the Hunt family, who own the Chiefs and have led the Chiefs for decades now, Lamar Hunt founded the Chiefs more than six decades ago and helped shape the National Football League, including by coining the…

it is my privilege to rise and congratulate the Kansas City Chiefs on their victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl LTV last week in Miami, FL. With their victory, the Chiefs earned their second Super Bowl championship and their first since…

I come here today with the business of impeachment before this Chamber. It should hardly be necessary at this late juncture to outline again the train of abuses and distortions and outright lies that have brought us to today's impeachment…

I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and on behalf of Senator Lee. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senators Hawley and Lee is for counsel to the President: The U.S. Federal Courts have held, most prominently in…

Mr. Chief Justice, I send to the desk a question for both counsel for the President and the House managers on my own behalf and on behalf of Senator Cruz, Senator Daines, and Senator Braun. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The President's…